Psalm 5
The Refuge of the Righteous
For the choir director: with the flutes. A psalm of David.
1 Listen to my words, Lord;
consider my sighing.(A)
2 Pay attention to the sound of my cry,(B)
my King and my God,(C)
for I pray to you.
3 In the morning,(D) Lord, you hear my voice;
in the morning I plead my case to you(E) and watch expectantly.
4 For you are not a God who delights in wickedness;
evil cannot dwell with you.(F)
5 The boastful cannot stand in your sight;(G)
you hate all evildoers.(H)
6 You destroy those who tell lies;(I)
the Lord abhors violent and treacherous people.(J)
7 But I enter your house
by the abundance of your faithful love;(K)
I bow down toward your holy temple
in reverential awe of you.(L)
8 Lord, lead me in your righteousness(M)
because of my adversaries;
make your way straight before me.(N)
9 For there is nothing reliable in what they say;(O)
destruction is within them;
their throat is an open grave;
they flatter with their tongues.(P)
10 Punish them, God;
let them fall by their own schemes.(Q)
Drive them out(R) because of their many crimes,
for they rebel against you.(S)
11 But let all who take refuge in you rejoice;(T)
let them shout for joy forever.
May you shelter them,(U)
and may those who love your name boast about you.(V)
12 For you, Lord, bless the righteous one;
you surround him with favor like a shield.(W)
Cross references
- 5:1 : Ps 38:9
- 5:2 : Ps 28:2
- 5:2 : Ps 84:3
- 5:3 : Ps 88:13
- 5:3 : Jb 13:18; 23:4; Ps 50:21
- 5:4 : Ps 92:15
- 5:5 : Ps 1:5; 73:3; 75:4
- 5:5 : Jb 8:20; Ps 11:5; 45:7
- 5:6 : Rv 21:8
- 5:6 : Ps 55:23
- 5:7 : Ps 69:13; 86:5,15; 106:45; Is 63:7
- 5:7 : Ps 138:2
- 5:8 : Ps 27:11
- 5:8 : Pr 4:11
- 5:9 : Ps 52:2
- 5:9 : Ps 12:3; Pr 26:28; Rm 3:13
- 5:10 : Ps 9:16; 35:8; 141:10
- 5:10 : Mt 13:41–42
- 5:10 : Pr 17:11
- 5:11 : Ps 2:12; 64:10
- 5:11 : Ps 31:20; 61:4
- 5:11 : Ps 9:2
- 5:12 : Gn 15:1; Dt 33:29; Ps 3:3; 18:2; 28:7; 119:114